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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What is RDA of protein?






2. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






3. What does DASH stand for?






4. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






5. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






6. Fats can lead to some medical problems






7. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






8. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






9. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






10. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






11. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






12. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






13. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






14. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






15. What is the function of vitamin E?






16. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






17. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






18. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






19. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






20. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






21. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






22. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






23. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






24. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






25. When does BMR decrease?






26. Sources of fats






27. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






28. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






29. What function is vitamin D?






30. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






31. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






32. Name six sources of grains






33. What type of people need extra protein?






34. When does BMR increase?






35. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






36. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






37. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






38. How many calories/gram is protein?






39. What foods have high quality protein?






40. What is normal albumin levels?






41. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






42. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






44. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






45. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






46. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






47. What are healthy sources of fats?






48. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






49. What function is vitamin A?






50. How much grains are to be eaten per day?